Front yard in mid-April 2025 (with video)

April is getting away from me. Before we know it, summer will be here. I’m not kidding – we’ve already had a few days with daytime highs in the upper 80s. Before temperatures ramp up even more, which will speed the demise of the spring flowers, I want to show you some highlights from the front garden. This is a great time of year because everything still looks fresh and perky. Below is a favorite vignette of mine at the moment. The light is particularly good in the late afternoon. Geum ‘Scarlet Tempest’ on the left, living up to its promise of a long flowering season, and Persian stonecress ( Aethionema grandiflorum ) on the right These Mexican tulip poppies ( Hunnemannia fumariifolia ) are volunteer seedlings, and more than welcome Even when they’re not in flower, the bluish green leaves of Hunnemannia fumariifolia look great Backlit silver torch cactus ( Cleistocactus strausii ) and variegated Bromelia pinguin ‘QuĆ© serĆ”’, beautiful but wickedly armed Myriopteris lanosa , one of se...